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Old 04-19-2016, 09:23 AM
 
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Just wondering if there's any way for the flood water from yesterday to get into the underground storage tanks if the station was underwater.
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Old 04-19-2016, 09:29 AM
 
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Just wondering if there's any way for the flood water from yesterday to get into the underground storage tanks if the station was underwater.
Yes, it's very common. Water gets into station tanks all the time, it's a lot worse during times of heavy rain or flooding.
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Old 04-19-2016, 12:28 PM
 
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Aren't those underground fuel tanks sealed?
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Old 04-19-2016, 12:56 PM
 
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Aren't those underground fuel tanks sealed?
They are but it's not a perfect system and every tank has an air vent to allow for expansion/contraction. It doesn't take much to get contamination in a tank. Most small bits of water are caught by separators and filters but they can't catch gallons of rain water.
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Old 04-19-2016, 12:58 PM
 
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Good to know. I've never thought about it before but someone on Nextdoor mentioned large volumes of gas in the floodwaters at N. Braeswood.
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Old 04-19-2016, 01:00 PM
 
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Good to know. I've never thought about it before but someone on Nextdoor mentioned large volumes of gas in the floodwaters at N. Braeswood.
Yep, gasoline will naturally float on top of water so anything that leaks out of those tanks is going to be easy to see/smell. There's also a ton of gas in tanks in cars which are flooded and all have vents as well so it could be coming from flooded cars too.
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Old 04-19-2016, 01:09 PM
 
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Yep, gasoline will naturally float on top of water so anything that leaks out of those tanks is going to be easy to see/smell. There's also a ton of gas in tanks in cars which are flooded and all have vents as well so it could be coming from flooded cars too.
He tracked it down to the Valero station near Chimney Rock.
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Old 04-19-2016, 01:32 PM
 
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He tracked it down to the Valero station near Chimney Rock.
It's Valero. There's always water in the gasoline that's why it runs through so fast. Cheap ain't always the best deal/
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Old 04-19-2016, 06:52 PM
 
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Yep, gasoline will naturally float on top of water so anything that leaks out of those tanks is going to be easy to see/smell. There's also a ton of gas in tanks in cars which are flooded and all have vents as well so it could be coming from flooded cars too.
your forgetting we have ethanol in our gas which binds with water.
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Old 04-21-2016, 07:23 AM
 
Location: Houston/Brenham
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It's Valero. There's always water in the gasoline that's why it runs through so fast. Cheap ain't always the best deal/
Valero is one of the better gasolines around. A Tier One fuel.

I wouldn't fill up at a station in any area that flooded for a few weeks. Find one in an area that didn't go deep-six.
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